Wheel-lifting rim



/ H. B. HUB

WHEEL LIFTING RIM Filed April 6, 1923 6 and State of same, and

20 the Patented (Get. 14, 11924.

UNHTED STATEh HARRY B. HUBBARD, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

WHEEL-LETTING RIM.

Application filed April 8, 1923. Serial No. 630,203.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY B. HUBBARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Haven, in the county of New Haven Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wheel- Lifting Rims; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the charactors of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the part of this application, and represent, in-

Fig. 1 a si e view of a wheel-lifting rim constructed in accordance with my inven tion.

Fig. 2 a top view of the same.

Fig. 3 a broken plan view of the lower ends of the rim-members, illustrating how are connected together. 4 is invention relates to improvement in wheeldifting rims, that is, a device adapted to be applied to one or more wheels of a motor vehicle when the wheels of such vehicle have been embedded in a rut or a hole. The object of the invention is to provide a device which is adapted to be applied to disk.

wheels as well as spoke wheels, and which may be readily applied and removed when 30 required, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I employ an auxiliary rim 5 comprising two segmental members 6 and 7, preferably formed from flat metal of suitable thickness to give the required strength. These members are formed at one end with knuckles 8 and 9, through which a pin 10 may be passed to hinge the two ends together. To the opposite or inner end of one of the members, as '7, a Ushaped clip 11 is fixed, so as to project beyond the end of the member to receive the inner end of the other member 6, which is provided with a slot 12 to be entered by the nose 13 of a latch 14, which is pivotally connected with the clip '11, which clip has a clearance-hole 15, through which the nose 13 passes into the slot 12, so as to adjustably connect the inner ends of the members. a plurality of outwardly-extending gripping-arms 1 8, and the two members are provided, near their hinged ends, with clamping-arms 17, which extend over the tire 18 which said drawings constitute The members are provided with of a vehicle wheel,these clamps being adjustable for various sizes of wheel-rims. Also pivotally connected with the members are clamping-braces 19, which are also adjustable and adapted to grip the surfaces of tires of different widths. These clamping-braces 19 are adjustable and their inner ends, which project within the auxiliary rim, are connected by a turn-buckle 20.

If a vehicle wheel sinks into a rut or hole, 65

my auxiliary rim may be readily connected with the wheel which is in the depression, so that the lower surface of the rim will secure a bearing, and this may be provided by placin a board beneath the auxiliary rim. If t e motor is then started, to turn the wheel, the weight of the vehicle is transferred from the main wheel to the auxiliary wheel, and as this turns, will lift the vehicle wheel out of the depression. This auxiliary rim being eccentric to the wheel to which it is applied, permits the vehicle to be moved forward or backward. It is obvious, however, that the curvature of the auxiliary rim may be varied or the clamping-braces adjusted, so as to move the auxiliary rim forward or backward as occasion may demand.

I claim:

1. A wheel-lifting rim, comprising two segmental members hinged together at one end and adjustably connected at the opposite end, the outwardly-projecting rims, and provided with adjustable clamps adapted to hook over the tire of a wheel, and also provided with adjustable clamping-braces also adapted to engage with the wheel tire.

2. A wheel-lifting rim, comprising two members hinged together at one end, one of said members provided at the opposite end with a clip into which the end of the other member extends, a latch for coupling the said ends, and clamps adjustably connected with said auxiliary rim and adapted to engage with the tire of a vehicle wheel, whereby said rim is eccentrically connected to one side thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRYB. HUBBARD.

' Witnesses:

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